The Medical Science uses the term steroids for any of numerous naturally occurring or synthetic fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings and including the sterols and bile acids, adrenocortical and sex hormones, certain natural drugs such as digitalis compounds, and the precursors of certain vitamins.
There are over hundreds of distinct steroids that have been identified in plants, animals, and fungi, but of course, this article of course is about the class of synthetic hormones that promote the storage of protein and the growth of tissue are known as steroids. Steroids in fact, are the chemical compounds that include numerous hormones affecting the development and growth of sex organs. Steroids are also known as sex hormone or steroid hormone.
The steroids that are used as performance enhancing drugs are anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids are the compounds that are derived from testosterone, a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; it is responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics.
Anabolic steroids promote tissue growth and repair. There is wide range of...